Tuesday, March 09, 2010

EKALOPSE: JULY

After the success of FRUIT ENCYKLOPEDIA The General felt inspired to make more music. Though this time he wanted to produce his own album. The General started out as a basic drummer and brass player in Ekalopse. But he advanced in his talents and can now play every instrument given to him. (Though saying he can actually 'play' them has been argued amongst critics)

The General then attended a church ceremony at the Prison Pupendai (Original vocalist) was being held. Pupendai told him how sorry he was about murdering Mr. Bindy (Previous dead keyboardist and vocalist). The General noticed a kindness in Pupendai he remembered from when they were in school. Later on the General sent his old friend some musical clips he'd produced in his home studio. Pupendai sent back some recorded jailcell vocals.

They continued to do this until Pupendai was caught in a prison fight and his microphone was taken away from him.

The final song they made was Echo Ello, when the General brought his instruments and set them up in the jail cell. Since then the General has taken a break with his family and Pupendai remains in jail.

Track by Track info from the band:

Musical July

The General: "I wanted to open the album with an excited tune a bit different from past songs. Something to say, "This is not going to be popular but it might sound nice." This was all me overlapping some recordings and producing this short piece in my studio."

Pupendai: "The higher sounds remind me of July."

Tube

The General: "It sounds a bit scary, then it becomes a bit of a poppy tune. I think it sounded good without the vocals but Pupendai forced me. (In a non violent way) He is different now."

Pupendai: "I was relating the lyrics to a combo of the TUBE TRAINS, so small, that horrible feeling of being underground amongst depressed people. That i can now relate to being stuck in this damn jail cell."

Echo Ello

The General: "This was mostly all Pupendai. He got a tune stuck in his head all day, much like i did 'A General Place'."

Pupendai: "Yeah i just wanted to get this out of my head. Though my microphone was taken away from me so General had to come into my cell with the instruments. It was fun to jam again!"

Blimp

The General: "Actually the first tune we made, Pupendai did throw a lot musically into this one as well. We sort of started it before.. you know, the murder. Then finished it together. There is a bit of Mr. bindy keyboard i stuck in there. This makes me feel a bit sad so i never listen to it."

Pupendai: "Water and sky."

On the way to heaven

The General: "I did ask Pup what the hell these vocals were about. He never really explained. Trivia you can hear me doing backing vocals at the end."

Pupendai: "It is about how bad you hurt when i killed Mr. Bindy. You just wanted to throw away your trumpets and go to heaven."

The General: "Yeah we DID want to get someone else in for this one but no one wanted to join in after the murder. They did not like that i was still working with you. Can you tell them about the lyrics Pup?"

Pupendai: "They are actually talking about the native characters in AVATAR.and their spaghetti-like pony-tails."

Redial

The General: "This track is just me going crazy with music and bits and bobs, much like "Pu."

Pupendai: "I only wanted to go with the flow on this one, i say Pterodactyl and Redial. the rest is slurh."

A General Place

The General: "I had a tune stuck in my head, this was it. Though i realise now that i should have got Pupendai to do ALL of the vocals."

Pupendai: "The middle of the song i say 'Oh the General's son wants to play hear now.' This is because Tom General (The General's son) went to the studio to play some drums for this song."

Pupendai: "I do not like how depressing the song is."

Krinkett

The General: "I was hyper and wanted to tech it up. So i got all my stuff and made this sound."

Pu

Pupendai: "It was me that said we should make a beat out of a ticking clock right?"

The General: "Yeah i think so, though it did not work out as well as we'd hoped. It does have a nice little tune to finish the album."

Pupendai: "Will we make more?"

The General: "Who knows."

Lyrics:

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Theres no space for where you wanna go

It hurts to try and fix it

He know you

He know us

Echo Ello

Echo caus soul dont dance

Ello dancing lava lamps

Echo when you feel no pain

Ello it starts to rain

Echo straight in a hook

Ello like any childrens book

Ello Echo

Ello Ekus

Blimp

Cloud Cloud Cloud Stolen

Cloud Cloud Cloud (In the sky)

We know you cannot fly

Your blimp in the sky

blimp blimp blimp blimp sky

On the way to heaven

Theres no troubles on the road to heaven

Theres no trumpets on the way to heaven

So The General, he wants to go there

(I mixed this for you)

Back and forth can coward sing there Head to shore bells ringing not fair

Check the case took it

waste remains bin it

Further more Mixed it For yoou For yoou

Spaghetti Tails

Blue it Blue it When they dance it seems a bit

(Spaghetti Tails!)

West tree see dance Parting people pass the guards as we see dead space as we guard the drivers bargewe wait